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World's Most Unnoticed: Can Squirrels Be As Big As Humans?
🕑 Added 2024-10-10 15:00:11 +0000 UTCThe army pigeon with the most outstanding flight, squirrels almost the size of Maya, the fastest mammal on earth, and the huge diversity of frogs. On this episode of World’s Wildest, Maya & Connor talk through our world’s most unnoticed animals.
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GRRYBNAS
The aggression to cuteness psychology, is the same as crying tears of joy. I’m sure I read a study on it years ago. Don’t think it’s gender specific.
Naplord
I am a pathologist (the humans trained to diagnose cancer and other diseases by looking at microscopic slides like you showed with the pigeon), and pigeons being able to distinguish cancer (in that study, breast cancer) from benign tissue has been brought up in lectures about AI in pathology! The pigeon success rate was WAY higher than expected and was honestly kinda shocking. But it's kinda the same concept as teaching AI in that for both, you're basically just teaching them how to picture match and sort into categories based on images they've seen before. But very interesting stuff! Also, I did have to dissect a cat in high school anatomy class, it was really really tough but a required thing to pass the class but yeah... glad they don't do that anymore!
Ronja Pietrzykowska
I am so hyped pigeons were the first!!!! I volunteer at a wildlife rehab in the Netherlands (mostly birds, sometimes bats and hedgehogs). City pigeons are my fav to rehab and handle! Sometimes we get lost pet pigeons and they are even more happy to get some pets in. Only wild wood pigeons and collared doves are stressy babies and stress me also. love pige!
Danilee
Am female- can relate. Used to get scolded as a young kid because I’d squeeze hug my cats
Cheyenne Wilson
The pastel pigeon oh my god oh my god
Sorin
not just a female thing. the cuteness aggression is real
Edurion
alveusLove
Linda K
It'd be fun if you did superlatives for the animals at Alveus. Emus/Stompy is the World's _____, Crows are the World's most ____.
Jan Švanda
To add context to that ant colony picture: Researchers poured 10 tons of cements into abandoned (no ant was harmed) ant colony and then excavated soil around it. You can read more about it here: https://medtigo.com/news/researchers-expose-brazils-hidden-underground-ant-metropolis/ Edit: Link to the original study, free full access: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5492053/
Jan Švanda
To quote Sweet Anita: "I would squish it!"
Catie Smith
God I love pigeons. Suggestion for a future episode world's Groovyest for cool mating displays
Dohregard
this was a great episode :D
mamallama
Definitely relate to the cute aggression.
sage penguin
i already loved pigeons but theyre sooo much cooler than i thought omg :O
Lars
Finally pigeons get the visibility they deserve, thanks a lot! Ever since I heard about their story the first time, I see them differently. We just decided that Pigeons are no longer a nice pet.
AxialMars
wowie
